different between alumnae vs alumnus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?mni?/, /??l?mne?/

Noun

alumnae

1. plural of alumna

Related terms

• alumni

Anagrams

• Manuela, Melanau, alumane

Latin

Adjective

alumnae

1. nominative feminine plural of alumnus
2. genitive feminine singular of alumnus
3. dative feminine singular of alumnus
4. vocative feminine plural of alumnus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alumnus (literally “foster child, nourished one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?mn?s/

Noun

alumnus (plural alumni or alumnuses, feminine alumna)

1. A male pupil or student.
2. A male graduate.
3. A student of any gender.
4. A graduate of any gender.

Usage notes

Alumnus is used when the gender of the subject is unspecified.

Any alumnus may be invited to the reunion.

Hypernyms

• (of any gender): alum or alumn, alumni (often proscribed), alumnx

Related terms

• alumnae/alumnæ
• alum
• alma mater
• alimony
• alimentary

Translations

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alumnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?al?mn?s]
• Hyphenation: alum?nus

Noun

alumnus (first-person possessive alumnusku, second-person possessive alumnusmu, third-person possessive alumnusnya)

1. alumnus.

Alternative forms

• alumni

Further reading

• “alumnus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

• From Proto-Italic *alomanos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?el-o-mh?no- (“being nourished”), mediopassive participle (see *-mh?nos) of *h?el- (“to nourish, grow”) (whence al?).
• Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h?el- (“to nourish, grow”) + *-mno- (see *-mn?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?lum.nus/, [ä????mn?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?lum.nus/, [??lumnus]

Adjective

alumnus (feminine alumna, neuter alumnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Nourished, fostered, etc.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

alumnus m (genitive alumn?); second declension

1. Nursling, pupil
2. foster son.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: alumnus
• Catalan: alumne
• Italian: alunno
• Portuguese: aluno
• Spanish: alumno

References

• alumnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alumnus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• alumnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• alumnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette